Leo Varadkar deserved more in the way of tributes, says former taoiseach Bertie Ahern

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has said that Taoiseach Leo Varadkar deserves huge credit for the manner in which he navigated Brexit and stayed loyal to the Belfast Agreement. File image: Niall Carson/PA WireIn an interview with Brendan O’Connor on RTÉ Radio 1, Mr Ahern said that he would have liked to have heard more in the way of tributes to the Taoiseach following his decision to resign.

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The former Fianna Fáil leader said he had presumed that Mr Varadkar would fight the next election “stay around a little while and then go.” “It was incredible. It was so quick. There seemed to be four or five candidates that I thought all had a lot of credibility. I did not think they would all fall out so quick and effectively by the time ‘Morning Ireland’ ended the following morning the game was over.

“He had all his ducks lined up in a row very quickly. His plan was exactly what Leo did on Simon Coveney a number of years ago. He had everything lined up. “I don’t go with this thing that he has to turn the fortune of Fine Gael around in June in the local elections. I think that is an unreasonable thing to ask him to do.”

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